2.8.6 Chapter Discussion (Spoilers up to 2.8.6)

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Discussion prompts:

1. This is a very short yet quite descriptive chapter. Any dominant thoughts or feelings that it has invoked in you?
2. The last line is a page-turner! Any predictions on what happens next?
3. Other points of discussion? Favorite lines? (Again, there’s a lot of good lines in this chapter!)

Final line:

Jean Valjean lost consciousness.

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Link to the 2020 discussion